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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
4
Westfield does not celebrate the Fourth this year. Visitors and residents share social calls across Akron and area towns. Notable notes include Misses Anna Lena Marks vacation plans, automobile remarks, berry harvest comments, and summer visits among local families and friends.
The Akron area newspaper items report a June 1907 marriage at St Patrick's in Akron with Thomas D Burnight Jr and Ira Ervin Kennedy as bridesgroom and bride, plus details of attire and reception. Other notices describe Belford Ross and Fannie Sedam wed in St Lawrence South Dakota, and C G Chandler marrying Lila E Nelson in Livingston Montana, with work as teachers. Additional notes recount local citizen life, mayoral court actions, Fourth of July reflections, and homestead moves and council decisions in Akron and surrounding towns.
After a long factory delay Chas Anway’s new auto buggy arrived on Saturday. Built by Success Automobile Mig. Con. of St. Louis the vehicle resembles a single road buggy without a tongue and team. J C Wade assembled it and tested it. If it meets guaranteed requirements Mr Anway may use it on his rural mail route and others may buy similar vehicles if successful. It claims to handle muddy or slushy roads where automobiles fail.
Applications to Secretary A N Williams Akron Iowa for teaching posts. Salaries raised for first grade certificates to 45 and second grade certificates to 40 per month. No appointments made at annual meeting due to few applications. Celebrate the Fortin Akron.
A 14-pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Ahrens east of town on Saturday June 29, 1907. Two fur caba rets were left in the new opera house the night of the Holmberg moving pictures. owners may claim them at this office by responding to this notice.
Roy Johnson underwent major surgery for a large cancerous tumor at Inn Sioux City hospital Monday and remains in critical condition as family members Lula Johnson and Eon Johnson stayed by his bedside. Mrs Will Adams suffered a severe bowel inflammation after a sudden illness, with Dr Kaote unable to operate due to her frail state. Tommy Burnight sustained a deep facial gash from a railroad torpedo incident as neighborhood youths sparked the explosive device with a hatchet. Drs Cilley and Koch treated him with several stitches. Mrs R A Smith endured a badly sprained ankle after an accident Saturday.
Property listing for sale includes a three room house, barn, buggy shed, two lots partly fenced, and a full set of nearly new farm equipment. Also offers three work horses, one driver, nine pigs and three sows, two milch cows, wagon, surrey, buggy, harnesses. Wilsell very cheap this month with part cash and balance on terms. Inquire at Register-Tribune office.
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